لغرتها البيضاء طرفك لو رأى

لغرتها البيضاء طرفك لو رأى

وشامتها السوداء فيه مخلّقه

وشامتها السوداء فيه مخلّقه

If your eye beheld her white brow,

Were your white cheek to see her glance,

And her black mole fashioned upon it,

And her black mole upon it to espy,

لقلت فتات المسك في حق مرمر

لقلت فتات المسك في حق مرمر

ألم ترها من غير شك محققه

ألم ترها من غير شك محققه

You would say: “Musk crumbs in a marble casket.”

You would say the musk grains are as dross

Have you not seen it, beyond all doubt, confirmed?

Compared to that mole—and who can deny?